What Does Salome Mean?

Mythology. He makes a wish, which gives him the ability to be able to turn everything he touches into gold. However, he eventually dies of starvation as a result of his ‘vain prayer’ for the golden touch. This morality tale tells us to be careful about what we wish for. Mrs. Midas is a poem written from the point of view of the wife of the mythical King Midas. She speaks against her husband’s actions and slowly separates herself from him. This poem conveys negative characteristic of men. In the poem

The paintings Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist, by Guido Reni and Cupid Chastised, by Bartolomeo Manfredi are both 17th century visual representations of a story. The story behind Salome is the interesting biblical story of the beheading of St. John the Baptist, as it’s title suggests. The story goes that Salome performed a dance for the king and his guests. Herod Antipas saw Salome’s dance and was so impressed, and drunk, that he promised to give her whatever she asked of him. After

By referencing her privilege and her servants in a tone of contempt Mariam demonstrates a lack of appreciation for their service to her, as well as suggesting that she does not fully realize the privilege she holds in this world. Mariam reproduces classism by saying that in the hierarchical order of things, she is above Salome. Furthermore, Mariam was vengeful the last time she speaks for herself in the play. In Act 4, Scene 8, Mariam meets Doris, Herod’s first wife, who proceeds to cast a curse

image of Salomé before she receives the head of Jokanaan, her arms are tucked into her sides, and her head is made very large and round with her hair or some kind of ornamentation (for example, see Figures 1 and 2). Herod desires to possess her, probably as a substitute for his own sterile organ. Herod has the phallus – the throne, but also desires the phallus – Salomé, who is the phallus, potent sexuality. In this way the binary of gender is reinforced, Herod has the phallus, and Salomé is the phallus

subject beyond what we see from his contemporaries. One major indicator is the color used in the costumes of the work. We see colors being used to make connections between figures in the depictions of Herod and Herodias. Both are shown dressed in a vivid red that, though it appears in other elements of the painting, establishes them as a visual pair and mirror of each other. There is a second, pair that are connected through a carefully constructed mirroring of colors in their dress: Salome and the executioner

Toward a Definition of Modernism Lawrence B. Gamache’s article “Toward a Definition of Modernism” encapsulates in its title the challenges critics meet in their attempts to formulate a coherent theoretical modernist model, though the quintessential modernist works –even at the time of this 1987 article – are over sixty years old. Indeed, the sheer number of scholarly books and articles that discuss or contribute to the debate surrounding the definition of modernism indicates the extent to which

‘autobiography’ is in fact about readings and the history of reading and misreading and misreading of Delilah, with an especially useful survey of her appearance in European fine art. It also underlines the truth that to become an immortal character means to suffer the prejudices of ‘tradition’, to become a stereotype, or even more than

radically outlandish character in opposition to his extremely drab, distant parents. His childhood is riddled with boredom and solitude which enforces his natural tendency to be an outcast. While Des Esseintes may claim to have a unadulterated identity, he does many things in response to his upbringing: “Thus, in hateful and contemptuous memory of his childhood, he had suspended from the ceiling of this room a little silver cage containing a cricket which chirped as other crickets had once chirped among

is almost entirely going after them for financial support. Along with that, she wants to exercise complete control over her partners. With her other two husbands, she actually loves them, but this does not stop her from wanting to dominate them. Genuinely caring about her fourth and fifth husbands does not seem to change her perspective on marriage. Even when she loves her husbands, she is so focused on being in control that she never truly found happiness in these relationships or in herself. It

artists and their works, which I stated before, are Kirchner with his piece Street, Berlin, Beardsley, with his drawing Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, and Munch with his work Vampire. Before we can address how they compare with each other we must first recognize the formal elements in general for each. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s painting Street, Berlin is exactly what the title suggests a street in the city of Berlin. The composition is busy. The general arrangement of the work is crowded

The portrayal and role of characters in fairy tales is often something limited to gender; the adherence or deviation from those prescribed expectations is what labels a character 'good' or 'bad', particularly in the case of women. Female character were expected to be 'good', which was described as following the rules and being submissive to embody the idea of femininity, and commonly described only by how beautiful and fair tempered they were. Women with outstanding characteristics outside the idea

reference to Lazarus as John 11:1-44; rarely is the reference footnoted as Luke 16:19-31. Also, the reference to John the Baptist is invariably footnoted as Matthew 14:3-11; never have I seen the reference footnoted as an allusion to Oscar Wilde's Salome. The sources that one cites can profoundly affect interpretations of the poem. I believe that a correct reading of Eliot's "Prufrock" requires that one cite Wilde, in addition to Matthew, and Luke, in addition to John, as the sources for the John

Joseph reacts to Mary’s pregnancy with despair. “He struck himself in the face, threw himself to the group on sackcloth, and began to cry bitterly: what sort of face should I present to the Lord God? What prayer can I say on her behalf since I received her as a virgin from the temple of the Lord God and didn’t protect her” (The Infancy Gospel of James, 13:2-3). Joseph’s reaction reveals to us the intrinsic link he feels towards

dependence than love. Torvald treats Nora like a child or a pet. He gets very angry and frustrated with Nora, and he does not truly love her. True love is perfect, not angry, controlling, and dependent as Nora and Torvald are to each other. Throughout the story, Torvald is constantly angry with Nora. He also

Growing up, Americans begin to form dreams, or goals,based on where they want to go in life. These dreams may change over time, or remain the same, but they are always the focus of an American’s life. However, there comes a point in life when you must decide whether to continue chasing your dream or to face reality and give up and illusions you may have about your life. The plot of two American-based stories, “Sunset Blvd”, directed by Billy Wilder, and The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, revolve